Color Links

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This extension allows you to change the color of your visited links

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Description from store Color Links enhances how users navigate visited page search results on the web by allowing the user to select the color of the visited link. Color Links is an excellent enhancement for color deficient users. The ability to control the color of the visited site link, improves the visual comfort of the search by creating a color contrast that is appealing to the user. Browsing search results on google.com can be overwhelming, especially when the default colors for referencing visited links can be similar for end users with decreased ability to discern colors. Multiple color options are available in this light weight extension that will help you immediately sort out your visited links. Color Links is not only light weight but it is only one click. One click and the visited link stands out giving you quick visual confirmation of where you have already been. To get started, navigate to a page, toggle color links to the on (or green) position, and select your color. You can turn color links off at any time if you'd like by setting the toggle to off (or red). Developer Notes: If you're interested in the project, or maybe you want to contribute, be sure to check out the open source repository hosted here https://github.com/therynamo/color-links. View the README for instructions on contributing. All contributions are welcomed, and we will get to them as soon as we can.

Latest reviews

(2025-01-06) Henry Snyder: Works great. Google link color differentiation is so un-friendly to people with even mild colorblindness. This extension fixes it great. I use it for Google search and Wikipedia links. Hopefully it gets updated to continue working with Chrome soon.
(2024-10-31) Romi Rosmawati: like it
(2024-09-10) R.: 24.8.31 It doesn't do anything. I don't know if this is because Chrome updated a few days ago. Maybe, maybe not. But I'm trying this visited links extension because the other one I was using stopped working recently. So maybe it is the most recent Chrome update that is messing with extensions like this. I hope someone fixes it soon. 24.9.10. Still does nothing. Clicked links remain undifferentiated from unclicked links. Useless extension. Very unfortunate.
(2024-04-12) Clemens Ratte-Polle: easy and simple :) But it bites with the addon Better Dark Mode, where all colors are invisible :( https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/better-dark-mode/ibkdocnpanhgcbbfadninaflpgjecmod
(2024-02-12) Yeah Right: Poorly documented, only worked on the page I was testing. Unbelievable that the two colors for visited and not visited are so close and there is no easy way...without an extension...to change to colors. Persons suffering from mild colorblindness and beyond have been impacted by this for years for Chrome and other websites for years.
(2024-01-27) Michael B: Breaks websites, even after disabling and removing.
(2023-12-29) Harry S. Anchan: Useless! Wasted my time. My search continues.
(2023-12-19) V. “Manohar476” Manohar: Not working now. Was working well over the years. Uninstalled and reinstalled as well.
(2023-12-11) Make Name Acceptable Go: Works ok, basically as described, but... A. I don't really want to have to activate it every single time I go to a new website. I'd like a global version. Turn it on and all sites act the same. B. Several websites (including the Chrome Web Store) seem to ignore it. C. I'd like to be able to save my hex colors to the extension's color board so I can switch between them. So I'm going to remove this extension and try others, but I may be back if nothing better shows up.
(2023-12-11) Make Name Acceptable Go: Works ok, basically as described, but... A. I don't really want to have to activate it every single time I go to a new website. I'd like a global version. Turn it on and all sites act the same. B. Several websites (including the Chrome Web Store) seem to ignore it. C. I'd like to be able to save my hex colors to the extension's color board so I can switch between them. So I'm going to remove this extension and try others, but I may be back if nothing better shows up.
(2023-10-05) Luis Menacho: Ahora diferencio los link wuu
(2023-08-03) Scott Fredrickson: Running as advertised on Chromium v112 on Linux Mint 21.1, including custom colors. It must be activated on each site, one site at a time it seems (left click, slider to right/green), but is VERY much appreciated on search engines. Universal activation would be delightful, but it is FAR better than Google defaults. Documentation could be better, but it isn't that difficult to figure out. Thank you !!
(2023-08-03) Scott Fredrickson: Running as advertised on Chromium v112 on Linux Mint 21.1, including custom colors. It must be activated on each site, one site at a time it seems (left click, slider to right/green), but is VERY much appreciated on search engines. Universal activation would be delightful, but it is FAR better than Google defaults. Documentation could be better, but it isn't that difficult to figure out. Thank you !!
(2023-06-10) Mike Bilel: works for almost everything but really needs an update for youtube!
(2023-06-10) Mike Bilel: works for almost everything but really needs an update for youtube!
(2023-03-16) Ronan Mayling: Working on Windows 11 with Chrome. Happy to use the orange colour for clicked Google links.
(2023-03-16) Ronan Mayling: Working on Windows 11 with Chrome. Happy to use the orange colour for clicked Google links.
(2023-03-02) Filip Z: not working
(2023-03-02) Filip Z: not working
(2023-02-27) Spezi Machek: It works but only with the existing colors. Trying to use a custom hex color does nothing but default back to orange. I'd much prefer the custom color option to work.
(2023-02-27) Spezi Machek: It works but only with the existing colors. Trying to use a custom hex color does nothing but default back to orange. I'd much prefer the custom color option to work.
(2023-02-12) Roman Pertzian: it works
(2023-02-12) Roman Pertzian: it works
(2022-10-08) Doug Holland: This is what I'm looking for, but if it works please tell me how. There are no instructions, and inputting the desired color code (FFC0CB) changes nothing.
(2022-10-08) Doug Holland: This is what I'm looking for, but if it works please tell me how. There are no instructions, and inputting the desired color code (FFC0CB) changes nothing.
(2022-09-28) 野良: 使い始めですがいいですね google検索の既に踏んだリンクがわかりやすくなっていいですクレジットとか使うサイトでは怖いんで使いませんがｗ(権限的に)
(2022-06-19) Bahadir Cagri BAYRAM: As a researcher, I'm in love with this extension. While conducting a literature review sometimes I can't remember if I already checked a paper or not and this really helps me to discriminate between visited pages and new ones.
(2022-06-19) Cagri BAYRAM: As a researcher, I'm in love with this extension. While conducting a literature review sometimes I can't remember if I already checked a paper or not and this really helps me to discriminate between visited pages and new ones.
(2022-05-30) Daniel Rykheer: Visits doesn't seem to be `remembered` between sessions. The moment you refresh the page, the visited coloured link returns to the standard colour (I'm using it on MS Edge). Other than that, it's very useful for those having trouble distinguishing colours. I like the easy toggle and colour selection. Well don on that!
(2022-05-30) Daniel Rykheer: Visits doesn't seem to be `remembered` between sessions. The moment you refresh the page, the visited coloured link returns to the standard colour (I'm using it on MS Edge). Other than that, it's very useful for those having trouble distinguishing colours. I like the easy toggle and colour selection. Well don on that!
(2022-03-24) Jim: Thank you been looking for something like this for a while, you can supposedly change visited links color in the internet options in windows but it never worked. Microsoft don't care either that's pretty bad !
(2022-03-24) Jim: Thank you been looking for something like this for a while, you can supposedly change visited links color in the internet options in windows but it never worked. Microsoft don't care either that's pretty bad !
(2022-01-19) Mike: It used to work well, but not working well on Windows 11 - Microsoft Edge browser. It's hit and miss. Sometimes it works, then it stops working
(2022-01-19) Mike: It used to work well, but not working well on Windows 11 - Microsoft Edge browser. It's hit and miss. Sometimes it works, then it stops working
(2021-12-30) siren synapse: Some better default colors would be nice. A bit fussy getting the custom color to stick, but works. Here is a hex generator to make your own colors! https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_colors_hex.asp Use sliders then copy the number given. I think you have to turn the extension on, then add the number, and save, to make it stick.
(2021-12-30) siren synapse: Some better default colors would be nice. A bit fussy getting the custom color to stick, but works. Here is a hex generator to make your own colors! https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_colors_hex.asp Use sliders then copy the number given. I think you have to turn the extension on, then add the number, and save, to make it stick.
(2021-12-25) Iz9 Iz9: Очень круто!
(2021-11-29) Simeon Kosnitsky: This is a good extension but at some moment i have detected that it doesn't mark some of already visited links as visited. After finding source ( https://github.com/therynamo/color-links ) and checking how does it store already visited pages i have found that it use: chrome.storage.sync instead of chrome.storage.local. chrome.storage.sync is good if you wish to save history across devices but it is limited by MAX_ITEMS 512 ( https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/storage/#property-sync ) so you will can save only 512 already visited pages and no more. So i need to rebuild this extension somehow or use some another one (512 is too low).
(2021-11-29) Simeon Kosnitsky: This is a good extension but at some moment i have detected that it doesn't mark some of already visited links as visited. After finding source ( https://github.com/therynamo/color-links ) and checking how does it store already visited pages i have found that it use: chrome.storage.sync instead of chrome.storage.local. chrome.storage.sync is good if you wish to save history across devices but it is limited by MAX_ITEMS 512 ( https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/storage/#property-sync ) so you will can save only 512 already visited pages and no more. So i need to rebuild this extension somehow or use some another one (512 is too low).
(2021-09-24) Módulos modulAR: Septiembre 2021 funciona muy bien , me ayuda a diferenciar rapidamente las paginas ya visitadas .....agregaria mas opcioones de color
(2021-08-21) Amber Lynn Lawrence: I really like the fact that you can use any Hex color and you don't have to use only the few that comes with it (Google has a quick Hex color picker that gives you the code for whatever color you choose). This is making it much easier for me to see, thank you!
(2021-08-21) Amber Lynn Lawrence: I really like the fact that you can use any Hex color and you don't have to use only the few that comes with it (Google has a quick Hex color picker that gives you the code for whatever color you choose). This is making it much easier for me to see, thank you!
(2021-07-18) LeopardBunny: It would actually be useful if it could replace links for websites that otherwise force color.
(2021-07-18) LeopardBunny: It would actually be useful if it could replace links for websites that otherwise force color.
(2021-07-15) Boris Baran: Doesn't work on the Google search results page :(
(2021-07-15) Boris Baran: Doesn't work on the Google search results page :(
(2021-07-09) Zack Ravens: Helped me a lot.
(2021-07-09) Zack Ravens: Helped me a lot.
(2021-06-27) Thomas Ho: Some websites don't change color of visited hyperlinks. This extension fixes it.
(2021-06-27) Thomas Ho: Some websites don't change color of visited hyperlinks. This extension fixes it.

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